1934

(There comes a time in the life of everyClass Secretary when he yearns to do whatother people do - take a vacation. Yieldingto an acute case of wanderlust, we now unfurl our magic carpet for a swing throughMexico. So that we might enjoy our Southof-the-Border visit even more, our good andfaithful correspondent — Hank Werner - has volunteered to do this month's column.Mucho gracias, Senor Hank.)

I get a real kick out of being pressed into service again — so here's a Pepysian report of 1934 in New York City and its environs.

September 13th. To dine with Marty Dwyer at the Roosevelt where an excellent luncheon. They complain much in this town these days for lack of good water to drink. Marty and Joy had spent part of their vacation on Cape Cod in a room where once had dwelt John Dos Passos. Now Marty is busy again at Lennon & Newell and chairman of a committee building a new library in Pleasantville. He reports that his oldest daughter, Jackie, is a sophomore at Elmira and rooms with a Chinese girl whose father is a banker in Hong Kong. Second daughter, Delores, won a National Merit Award. Son, Bobby, is a half-back on the jay-vee football team in school and Dennis, a fifth grader, holds down the fort. Marty received a call from first tenor Harry Wallace who was trying to round up all glee clubbers to gather at the Dartmouth Club to do honor to Homer P. Whitford who was in town. We recall that Chuck Cotsworth was the leader of such sweet singers like Joe Bender, Ted Gregory and Bob Korns. Our good friend, Bill Stein, from Horace Mann was the Publicity Manager.

The ubiquitous Harry Wallace was also seen at a surprise party to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of his brotherin-law none other than George Copp and his pretty handsome wife, Marge. Harry and Kay's daughter, Jane (she's the lovely who never did get together with Peter Werner in Cannes) is a sophomore at Cornell.

While your secretary pro tern, was having lunch with the aforesaid Mr. Copp at the Bankers Club we were greeted by HenryNecarsulmer, a partner in that old line banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Company newly located at 40 Wall Street. George had spoken to Jeff Jackson and Les Reeve since his return from vacation in Bermuda but both of us bemoaned the fact that we had not heard recently from Bob Smith and his Edie.

The 15th. Up early to pay the third quarterly instalment of Federal and New York income taxes and a long telephone conversation with Ed Corson. Ed spent the first two weeks in August in Hanover. He attended the Dartmouth Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management. This was the first of a three-year course replete with final exams, studying in Baker Library and rooming in Streeter in the same room occupied by Art Willis in his freshman year at college. Ed claimed that the food in Thayer was just great and that he had a fine time reliving a well spent youth. On the home front Ed has six grandchildren. Of his sons, Henry is a banker in the First Merchants National in Asbury Park, N. J., and, Bud sells insurance, while Dick attends Red Bank High with hopes of going to Dartmouth while his father is still taking those graduate courses.

News was brought me that Dick Gruen's two boys, Rickey and Billy, are great little baseball players, well managed by their father who learned this trade many years ago in the Hanover hills. More tidings from Dave Callaway that his daughter Nancy is wedded and living in Detroit where Dave commutes between and New York. His younger daughter Pat is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin. Dave concludes that he is working harder today as the president of First of Michigan than he ever did at age 22.

16th. This night before retiring did watch the eleven o'clock news on television. There was C. Raymond Hulsart, director of industrial relations for the New York Times, presenting the newspaper's position in the threatened strike by the Newspaper Guild. Ray looked tired and worn as well he must be with the tremendous pressures and long hours spent trying to arrive at a satisfactory settlement. One of the most amazing coincidences last summer, was to wake up one morning and find that Ray and Shirley's beautiful daughter, Barbara, was spending the weekend at our home in New Jersey as the date of one of our house guests.

Another coincidence is that our new sonin-law and former Yale hockey captain is now a 2nd lieutenant in the Marines and taking basic courses at Quantico where Tom Cass has a brother and colonel and second in command at the school. Wedding bells rang last summer for Tom and Ruth's attractive daughter, Debbie, and Tom was kind enough to write to me and compare notes on the trials and tribulations of fathers of brides. We should have included Dr. JohnSpiegel and his Babette in our group for we read that their son Adam was married in June to Gabrielle Schupf. The bride graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr and has a master's degree in teaching from Harvard. The groom, a graduate of Exeter and Haverford College, is a reporter for The Gazette and Daily in York, Pa.

This news about Orvil Dryfoos' family; foreign and American scholars and journalists took part in the second annual Orvil E. Dryfoos Conference on Public Affairs at Dartmouth last May. C. L. Sulzberger, special foreign correspondent of the Times and a first cousin of Marian's, gave the keynote address and Gene M. Lyons, Dryfoos Professor of Public Affairs presented a paper on "European Views of America." While back in New York, Governor Rockefeller appointed Marian to a ten-member commission to plan preservation of the Hudson River Valley's natural resources. During the summer frequently saw Susan Dryfoos and always the center of a gay young crowd. She is attending Lake Erie College where Bill Wilson's Susie is also an undergraduate.

Up betimes, and anon a note from MoeFrankel, author and director of Joint Council on Economic Education, relating that he and Lois were in Hanover to see Paul Helverson graduate in June. He was the Danish boy whom the Frankels sponsored.

This day a postcard from Copenhagen and a letter from the same city written by our Class chairman, Rollie Morton. I quote, "Having a truly great time with perfect weather and a wonderful experience. Have been in England, France, Holland, now here in Denmark and then quite some time in Norway. Dot, Jim and I joined this morning by Dick who was released on Monday after three years in the Marines."

Just before we go to print. While walking to work Shirley Hulsart greeted me. She and Ray had dinner the night before, with Helenand Clarence Davies and Alan '64 and his recent bride, Patty. Shirley is a two-letter winner having played tennis this summer with Sarah Danzig and had a hole-in-one on a 154 yard shot. Chet Birch and RollieMorton please step down.

Some mutterings I did hear of a design of replacing the substitute secretary, so in the next issue the real Class Secretary will please stand up and we hope he had a wonderful trip and we thank him for the privilege of pinch-hitting.

Secretary, 7113 Millwood Rd. Bethesda, Md. 20014

Treasurer, Thayer School, Hanover, N. H.

Bequest Chairman,